Final Report June 2018 Historic Resources Survey of LaPlace Historic District Prepared For: St. John the Baptist Parish 102 E. Airline Highway LaPlace, LA 70068 Sensitive Information: Not For Public Distribution R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. 309 Jefferson Highway . New Orleans, LA 70121 Historic Resources Survey of LaPlace Historic District William P. Athens, M.A., R.P.A. Kathryn M. Kuranda, M.Arch.Hist. Co-Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Final Report By Jill Enersen, M.P.S., Kelly Morgan, M.P.S., Alison Hill, M.P.S. R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. 309 Jefferson Highway, Suite A New Orleans, LA 70121 June 2018 For St. John the Baptist Parish 102 E. Airline Highway LaPlace, LA 70068 i R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Table of Contents I. Introduction . 1 Introduction . 1 Survey Area and Description . 1 Project Objective . 1 Project Personnel . 5 Organization of the Report . .5 II. Research Design and Methodology . 6 The Role of the Historic Context in Resource Evaluation . 6 Archival Research . 6 Field Survey Methodology . 6 Data Analysis . 6 III. Historic Context.............................................. 7 LaPlace History . 7 IV. Survey Results . 14 Previous Investigations . 14 Survey Results . 14 Bungalow . 15 Freestanding Commercial . 15 Ranch . 18 Late Twentieth-Century Domestic Architecture . 18 Cottage/Queen Anne Cottage . 18 Minimal Traditional Cottage . 18 Mobile Home . 22 Shotgun/Double Shotgun . 24 Summary and Conclusions . 25 V. Analysis and Recommendations................................ 27 Local Criteria for Evaluation . 27 Data Analysis . 27 Periods of Significance . 29 Contributing and Non-Contributing Resources . 29 Summary and Recommendations . 30 References Cited.................................................. 47 Documented Resources in the LaPlace Survey Area . Appendix A Previous Investigations in the LaPlace Survey Area . Appendix B ii R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release List of Figures Figure 1 .1 Location Map of Garvyille, Reserve, and LaPlace historic districts in St . John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana . 2 Figure 1 .2 U .S . Geological Survey (USGS) of LaPlace Historic District within St . John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana . 3 Figure 1 .3 LaPlace Historic District Survey Boundary . 4 Figure 3 .1 Woodland Plantation, located at 1128 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 8 Figure 3 .2 J .O . Montegut Plantation House, located at 1052 Highway 628 . Photo- graph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 8 Figure 3 .3 Excerpt from an 1848 by John La Tourrette depicting land encompassing present-day LaPlace . Image available online through the Library of Congress . 9 Figure 3 .4 Excerpt from an 1875 map by the Mississippi River Commission (re- vised 1880 and 1894), depicting land encompassing present-day LaPlace . Image available online through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Coast Survey Historical Map & Chart Collection. 10 Figure 4 .1 Bungalow-type dwelling located at 851 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 16 Figure 4 .2 Bungalow-type dwelling located at 609 Main Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 16 Figure 4 .3 Freestanding commercial-type building located at 509 Main Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 17 Figure 4 .4 Freestanding commercial-type building located at 603 Main Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 17 Figure 4 .5 Ranch-type dwelling located at 1142 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 19 Figure 4 .6 Single-family domestic dwelling located at 141 Cottonwood Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 19 Figure 4 .7 Single-family dwelling located at 247 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 20 iii R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Figure 4 .8 Single-family dwelling located at 383 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 20 Figure 4 .9 Multi-family apartment building located at 1093-1095 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 21 Figure 4 .10 Tudor Revival cottage-type dwelling located at 202 West 5th Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 21 Figure 4 .11 Queen Anne cottage-type dwelling located at 278 West 5th Street . Photo- graph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 22. Figure 4 .12 Minimal traditional cottage-type dwelling located at 651 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 23 Figure 4 .13 Minimal traditional cottage-type dwelling located at 5609 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 23 Figure 4 .14 Mobile home-dwellings located at the mobile home park at Ideal Court . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 24 Figure 4 .15 Shotgun-type dwelling located at 125 Ash Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 25 Figure 4 .16 Double shotgun-type dwelling located at 1152 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 . 26 Figure 5 .1 Overview Boundary Map and Contributing/Non-Contributing resources . 32-46 iv R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter I Introduction ntroduction historic districts: Garyville, LaPlace, Reserve, This report presents the results of a recon- and Westbank River Road . naissance-level architectural survey of the In May 2017, the Historic Preservation ILaPlace Historic District . This investigation was Study Committee recommended that the Plan- undertaken by R . Christopher Goodwin & Asso- ning Commission and Parish Council establish ciates, Inc . (RCG&A), on behalf of St . John the four local historic districts, create a Historic Pres- Baptist Parish . All work was conducted in ac- ervation District Commission, adopt a preserva- cordance with the Scope of Work developed by tion ordinance, and “utilize the survey results St . John the Baptist Parish; the Secretary of the from the University of New Orleans report to Interior’s Standards for Archeology and Histor- administer the preservation ordinance until a full ic Preservation; National Register Bulletin 24: survey can be conducted by a professional histor- Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Pres- ic preservation firm” (St. John the Baptist Parish ervation Planning; Criteria for Designation of Historic Preservation Study Committee 2017) . Historic Districts and Local Landmarks (Section The Garyville, LaPlace, Reserve, and Westbank 114-28[d]) of St . John the Baptist Parish Historic River Road historic districts and their boundaries District Commission Ordinance 17-27, and Loui- formally were adopted by the St . John the Bap- siana Historic Resource Inventory Guidelines . tist Parish Council in July 2017 and codified in Chapter 114 – Historic Preservation of Ordinance Survey Area and Description 17-27 . The LaPlace Historic District is located in In January 2018, St . John the Baptist Par- St . John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana (Figure ish contracted RCG&A to identify and evaluate 1 .1, Figure 1 .2) . The local district boundary as resources applying Criteria for Designation of established in Section 114-29 Designated His- Historic Districts and Local Landmarks (Section toric Districts of the St . John the Baptist Parish 114-28[d]) of St . John the Baptist Parish His- Historic District Commission Ordinance 17-27 is toric District Commission Ordinance 17-27 and reflected in Figure 1.3. St. John the Baptist Parish to identify contributing and non-contributing re- is situated along the Mississippi River between sources in the Garyville, LaPlace and Reserve lo- Baton Rouge and New Orleans . The Mississippi cal historic districts . This project has been partial- River bisects the Parish into northern or “east ly funded through the Historic Preservation Fund bank” and southern or “west bank” portions . (HPF), administered through the National Park In 2016, the St . John the Baptist Planning Service (NPS), U .S . Department of the Interior, and Zoning Department and the Historic Preser- through the Louisiana State Historic Preservation vation Study Committee partnered with gradu- Office (LASHPO), a component of the Office of ate students with the University of New Orleans Cultural Development . Master of Urban and Regional Planning program to develop a historic preservation plan for the Project Objective parish. This effort resulted in the preparation of a The objective of this project was to survey report entitled Protecting the Future by Preserv- and evaluate built resources within the LaPlace ing the Past: A Report to the St. John the Baptist Historic District in St . John the Baptist Par- Parish Historic Preservation Study Committee . ish, Louisiana . Built resource evaluations were The plan identified the presence of four potential conducted applying Criteria for Designation of 1 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information